The Siege of Bayonne was launched Process_start by Alfonso the Battler , King of Aragon and Navarre , apparently against the Duke of Aquitaine , William X , and lasted Process_end from October 1130 to October 1131 .

The city of Bayonne was then a part of Aquitaine , nominally a part of France .

The chief narrative source for the siege Besieging of Bayonne is the `` Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris '' , a contemporary account of events in Spain compiled to celebrate Social_event the feats of Alfonso VII of León and Castile .

In besieging Besieging Bayonne , Alfonso the Battler was perhaps hoping to persuade the Count of Toulouse to switch Change allegiance to him and aid Assistance him in his war in Castile .

The first direct reference to the siege dates from 26 October 1130 , when Alfonso issued Creating a `` fuero '' to the town of Corella from Bayonne , called Name_conferral `` the fortress of Bayonne '' ( `` illo castello de Baiona '' ) .

The first direct reference to the siege dates from 26 October 1130 , when Alfonso issued Creating a `` fuero '' to the town of Corella from Bayonne , called Name_conferral `` the fortress of Bayonne '' ( `` illo castello de Baiona '' ) .

The former records how Pedro González de Lara , after he was captured Conquering by Alfonso VII for his part in the rebellion , joined Becoming_a_member the siege of Bayonne `` in order to bring him [ Alfonso the Battler ] back to Castile '' ( `` ut reducere eum in Castellam '' ) because he wanted `` to wage war in Castile '' ( `` facere bellum in Castella '' ) , that is , continue the revolt .

According to the `` Chronica '' , `` during the time when Alfonso was at war with the rebel Hostile_encounter nobles ... the King of Aragon had mobilised sizeable armies of knights and infantrymen ... had traveled Traveling then beyond his own borders to Gascony [ where ] he surrounded Surrounding the city of Bayonne which is located near the Garonne River . ''

It subsequently relates how for several days he plundered Robbery the countryside around Bayonne before assaulting Attack the city 's walls with siege Besieging engines brought Bringing from Aragon .

He continued to be `` about Bayonne '' ( `` super Baiona '' ) from January to May 1131 , as both royal and private documents say .

While still besieging Besieging Bayonne ( `` in obsessione Baione '' ) , Alfonso drafted Writing his will in October 1131 : it contains Containing the last datable reference to the siege Besieging .

The Monbar Hotel attack was carried out Attack by the GAL , a state-sponsored death squad , on 25 September 1985 in Bayonne , France .

In mid-February , Wellington 's army broke out of its small area of conquered territory near Bayonne .

After a pause Change_event_time in the campaign Military_operation , the western-most Allied corps surrounded Surrounding and isolated Having_or_lacking_access Bayonne .